General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I am on my holdays this week and saw a zed behind a garage, well nice. Just wondered who it is???

Sure I saw it recently for sale, got boot tub, lip spoiler, aftermarket front on? H reg twin turbo manual. Anyways met the new owner today who came round for a chat, its got a forum sticker in the window and I know I've seen it before, just cant remember where?

hi my aircon belt has snapped see other post due to the small pulley seizing up is it relativly easy to free off and is there a correct order in which to replace the belt is it best done from under the car with the splash shield removed or do it from the top and remove the fan and shroud can anyone help please

Ok I've spoken to Greg (Protuner) and the shortie's off up to Redditch shortly Greg's gonna' put the shortie' on the dyno in it's current guise so we can see what figures we are starting with Currently the shortie's stock apart from: Single intake (Blitz I think) Straight through de-cat full exhaust system *possibly boost jets fitted??? Now the 'Tzech' :wink: engine has to be rebuilt which will obviously take some time and money (it's confirmed it does have forged internals :sweatdrop:), therefore in the meantime I want to utilise as many of the bolt on parts as possible and cross deck them onto the shortie' It looks like I'm going to ha…

Following on from my prepping the zed for paint thread; I've taken some pictures of the dent on the pass side rear qtr. I could fix it myself with the worlds supply of filler but that would probably only end in tears. lol. I'd much rather that a body shop pulled it out as much as possible and then filled whats left. How much roughly would I be looking at to have this pulled and filled by a bodyshop? I don't need it painted as the car is getting a respray. Or would it be cheaper to cut out and replace with another rear qtr of a breaker? I'm thinking that it would be better to replace the dented sill with a new panel anyway. The door…

Will a LF Cluster trim fit right right hand cars ? i see the warning light units are on oposite sides .. but this should be a problem .. thanks Mark

have just found a broken belt under my z looks like it drives the air con pulleys what else does it drive and is it a big job to replace car is a uk spec t turbo 1994 can any one help some diagrams /instructions would be helpfull please

Right Searching is just giving SOOO much conflicting data.. What is the definitive cheapest but reliable way to replace the ever so weaping bushes? OEM? Poly? New Arms? Thanks

Only when engine is running and up to temp ive got an oil leak at back of sump. Pretty sure its not rear crank oil seal as this is new, Is it engine out job or can it be done in situ???? any advice Cheers Craig

I'm in the middle of prepping my zed for a professional spray job. I'm doing all the prep myself, except one dent I can't fix, to save some money. The problem I've got is knowing when to stop..lol Should I just sand and fill the little dings etc, then primer on the repair. The rest of the bodywork will get a key/sanding for the fresh paint. OR should I do all the above and primer the whole car (primer will be a decent rattle can quality). I would then flat it all back ready for paint. The main dent is on the pass side rear quarter and will need to be repaired by the body shop that does the paint job, it's far beyond my abilities to fix :( So I won't be touchin…

Its with deep regret I have to post this up to the fourm:cry: but I have sold my black LWB 300 It was my first 300zx which I bought in December 07 and has never let me down but with the SWB 300 taking up all my time I have sold it to a good friend of mine he has left a deposit and I will put it through the mot for him on the 1st October.Some pic's of her looking her best.

would a failed water pump cause the heater not to blow hot air through the vents, although both upper and lower rad hoses are warm and the radiator is warm on both sides. this is with the car up to temperature, and yes after a few mins the temp gauge goes up so i shut it down.. i dont have any water leaks at the front, but when i rev the engine i do hear a 'squeel' from the front of the engine area.

Nice grey Zed on the A1 near the angel of the north this morning, perked my morning up. Mark

just spotted this on dw, i think rather cool:rockon: http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-car-projects-builds/155503-1jz-z32-skid-build.html

Well I decided to rebuild my engine to put new shiny turbos, but can anyone advise me before I start doing this. I want approximately to produce 450bhp + and also what middle rev turbos, dont want anything like a massive turbos with massive lag. So anyone can advise me where to buy cheaper rebuild kit what turbo the best to put in and any other necessary information. Cheers guys.

Gents i have a car battery thatwas overcharged, and the acid level inside is low just under the level of the plates, now i have topped up the battery with distilled water but im finding it hard to charge up again, is there a way to revive it somehow, what about the electrolite level should i top it up with battery acid instead? its an expensive battery so i would like to save it somehow thanks in advance

Was looking forward to racing at Japshow Finale at the weekend. Cruising up with the Hampshire Jap Car club boys (yes I know - Asot is not in Hampshire) and some spirited overtaking insued. Oooooh some of us where doing up to 70mph!! Not any faster than that at all I swear on the bible. Not at all, not even a little bit over! Any way, after booting it a few times the car started to hesitate under load!! It got progressively worse down the rev range until pulling away from a junction was like having an epileptic fit! Luckily by this time I was right outside Sant Pod!! Not a good start to my morning!! Unpacked the wendy House and set up be…

Hi folks. My car has developed a really bad idle. i couldnt adjust it with the aac valve adjusting screw so fitted with a new iacv unit. still lumpy. ive checked all connectors and the one going to the ficd solenoid is only gettin a feed from ground side. ive traced it back to the ecu where its sending the feed and tried a known working ecu too which hasnt helped. it might be a broken wire somewhere in the loom. so ill need to try that. but also when i did a leak test there was a slight leak in the plenum. so my question is this, would the ficd cause the revs to bounce on idle and almost cut out or could it be the air leak causing this. it seems to be getting worse. befor…

just wondering if anyone has had similar issues, was driving home from work at midnight last night, put my foot down to overtake some idiot doing 40 in a 60 and when i took my foot off the throttle, the throttle stayed where it was and the zed carried on accelerating!!! managed to get it into neutral and get it to the side of the road before anything worse happened, got the torch out and lifted the bonnet and on of the metal pipes that comes out of the rocker cover had moved out and wedged against the throttle body!! pushed it back in and got the car home, was just a really strange thing to happen, had i not been on a straight road could have ended badly...

Don't even think about it!! lol!!:no: I come back from Japshow Finale and every thread with club suggestions is deleted and/or closed!! You lot can't be left on your own for five minutes!!! And as for the members....:whistling: Only kidding! Right so, back to the point - For me, it's simple. 1. The club bank account grows by "an amount" per year. Fact. the figures are here http://300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=94723 but I can't tell if it's £1,500 or £2,500 after expenses per year. This is great news!! 2. The club account presently has £25,000 of the members money in it. Fact 3. Since the inception of the club there has never been a £25…

With the window down on my Zed, I can smell exhaust fumes even when driving around 40~50mph. I seem to remember this on my last zx too, and just wondered if it is an inherent fault to all Zeds? There's no smoke from the exhausts, no oil dropping onto the exhausts/turbo's and no smoke from around the turbo area? I have the UK version and wondered if the front outermost lights in the spoiler were meant to be hooked up? Since I don't have fogs, the indicators and sidelights are there instead...

I was wondering if Zeds came from the factory with a fob for the cetral locking, or was an alarm usually added to achieve locking via a fob? I seem to remember the pulse wires were in the drivers door? I bought this car with the air con not working - the belt was removed. I have fitted a new belt to prove that the idler etc isn't running noisy, I'm guessing now that there isn't any gas in the system. I want to get this up and running but would like to know where the pressure sensor is located so I can verify that the e/m clutch on the compressor works/rotates before shelling out for a re-gas. Cheers.

Hey fellas' I've just bagged myself a bargain in the form of ex display blue SAMCO hoses/pipes for £75 but I'm now looking for blue SAMCO smic pipes and vacuum hoses any body selling?

Got my Self a Blits spec-R Controller just wanted some info on whats the Max Boost ( Play time ) Safe Boost ( Normal Driving ) Min Boost ( Wet Weather ) i can run with my car FMIC AutoBarn Full Silicone Pipes 555 Injectors Stock Auto Turbos AndyP Devlin 555 chip ( Agressive Fueling ) so i have been told does seem better than my DTa555 i got the Jist of how to program the controller on the 0>100% to slect PSI boost .. and what the gain does Thanks Mark

Passed me heading south on the M3 (sadly up on a trailer)